Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-08-12
Saving Feed For III inter.


Farmers i ID the drouth and ichinch
bugs stricken districts are certain to
have . close time DC il to cary their
stock through next winter Their
interests are In Il critical state and
the exercise Of the most careful
economy il saving every thing posi-
Bile ID the shape of fodder will be re-
quired to avert the necessity Of sac
rifcing stock at the prevailing low
and unremunerative prices. Though
the growing season is we'll advanced
and the autumn months will soon be
! here much can yet be done in the
way Of furnishing feed through the
late fall and early spring, n reserving
the limited supply Of hay and fod-
der for the mid winter months. Rye
soWn broadcast at the rate 81 one aud
q half bushels per acre in among the
corn OF ON the stubble intended for
corn next year, from the 9Th to Goth
Of August, when the second brood Of
chinch bugs will have acquired wings
and scattered, will make q luxlriant
growth through the fall, right up to
the hard freezes of November, and be
the finest ofsgrazing for stock. Rye
starts very early in the spring and
when snow disappears will furnish q
good bite days before the pasture
grasses are ready to turn stock upon.
As soon as it begins to joint and be-.
fore it heads pillow under and plant
corn or some other crop to- be culti-
waited. If allowed to attain too large
q growth before turning under It
seems to sssour" and injure the ground
sosthe after crop will make a very
poor growth, wheaeas if plowed under
while grem and suculent it is a first
class manttse and stimulant to the
crop. 5.@ b ss
BX sowing at once there is yet a
chance to get at least small turnip
crop, Don't pillow the land. Culti-
vate it up thoroughly by running the
corn cultivation both ways, drag we'll
and use II to 2 pounds Of seed, mixed
with sand or ashes to give bulk 50 it
can be sown more evenly over the
field. Turnips and other roots are
the main dependence for cattle and
sheep on $3.50 an acre land in Eng
land and Scotland and should Be
more generally raised on IS to $40
per acre land here. Sheep there are
fed turnips by folding them in
movable Enclosures successfully over
different portions Of the field; they.
eating the turnips as they find them
remaining in the ground. In this
climate turnips can be fed proftably
in early winter and early spring. # :.
In the Southern states where the
summers are too hot for the profitable
growth Of the tame grasses, the blades;
on the corn stalks are carefully.
gathered in small bundles and saved
for fodder. This is the main depend
ence there, and though it requires
considerable labor much more than.
the average Northern farmer is will
ing to spare-in q case Of necessity
like the present the amount IF first,
class fodder that can be secured will
bel surprise to the person who tries
Il it. Preserve the bundles in the hay
NOW Or adopt the Southern plan Of
|, building into steep conieaI stacks
around a pole and thatch with slough
grass. It might be said that this fod-
der can be saved by cutting and
placing in the shock il the ordinary
way. Not so. If the blades are
allowed to dry on the stalk they are
not nearly SO nutritious as when
picked just before they die. Besides
by cutting time they have mostly
died, dried up, broken, from the stalk
and blown away. So far as observed
the ear Of corn is not injured in
maturing by taking off the blades.
It is now nearly ripe and the time
when this should ;be.done.